Estimates of those killed in the conflict in Darfur, Sudan, range from 180,000 to 400,000, and at least two million people have been forced to flee their homes. 7000 African Union forces have been deployed in an effort to protect the people in Darfur, an area the size of France, but they lack adequate financial and human resources for a successful mission. The Sudanese government has rejected both African Union peacekeepers and UN soldiers in Darfur. Meanwhile a Sudanese newspaper editor has been kidnapped and behaded by hardline Islamic groups (link via LGF). Sudan was the breeding ground for al-Qaeda in the 1990s.